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the debt ceiling, that the longer you raise the debt ceiling or, the better, and we will -- the debt ceiling for, the better, and we will support a movement to raise the debt ceiling for year. that would certainly be viewed here is something we did support. but we don't get to make those determinations. what our position has always been was not raise it for a certain amount of time. it has been raise the debt ceiling without drama and delay. , ourver the duration position will not change, which is raise it so that the united states can continue to pay its bills and continue to ensure that the world knows we are good to our word and we fulfill our obligations, and when it comes up again, our position will still be, we will not negotiate over congress's responsibility is to pay the bills that congress racked up. so, i think a way to view this is really around the issue of certainty. constructive is past experience in our recent task here to demonstrate how this works. in 2011, republicans and the firstecided for time in our history to threaten default if they did not get what they want
the debt ceiling, that the longer you raise the debt ceiling or, the better, and we will -- the debt ceiling for, the better, and we will support a movement to raise the debt ceiling for year. that would certainly be viewed here is something we did support. but we don't get to make those determinations. what our position has always been was not raise it for a certain amount of time. it has been raise the debt ceiling without drama and delay. , ourver the duration position will not change, which...
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of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. ♪ [ engine revs, tires squeal ] [ male announcer ] since we began, mercedes-benz has pioneered many breakthroughs. ♪ breakthroughs in design... breakthroughs in safety... in engineering... and technology. and now our latest creation breaks one more barrier. introducing the cla. starting at $29,900. ♪ john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get health care. >> what should we cut? price social security cards and not sure what else you can get. >> a great deal on the military, medical care. john: that should be cut? >> that's a hard question. john: you can't answer it. >
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seven debt ceiling raises. white was just sort of -- everyone understood it would get raised and it was a time to remind people how big the debt was and nobody really took it seriously, press release. it was useful for that. once people started taking it seriously and said we are going to think about not paying the debt it bill absurd and it is -- it is absurd and it needs to be -- needs to go away or congress just needs to understand that that's the only use of it. a coin isn't going to solve that problem. looking at a darn corners of the constitution will not solve that problem. >> what is -- you know, the problem -- that -- republicans seem to have is it the leadership sort of knows that they really shun be playing politics of the debt ceiling. but the rank and file, they don't want any part of that. they want to play politics. >> this is the problem. this is my problem with people who are spending a lot of time, smart people. friends of ours who are spending a lot of time talking about the kooky ideas. you
seven debt ceiling raises. white was just sort of -- everyone understood it would get raised and it was a time to remind people how big the debt was and nobody really took it seriously, press release. it was useful for that. once people started taking it seriously and said we are going to think about not paying the debt it bill absurd and it is -- it is absurd and it needs to be -- needs to go away or congress just needs to understand that that's the only use of it. a coin isn't going to solve...
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of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. .aise the debt ceiling. . john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get health care. >> what should we cut? price social security cards and not sure what else you can get. >> a great deal on the military, medical care. john: that should be cut? >> that's a hard question. john: you can't answer it. >> absolutely not. john: a few people have suggestions with tells me in the san the the point of all those democrats to say just raise the debt ceiling. one of those is the rilliant bob beckel. brilliant because you fight with people every day and often win all by yourself, but you are not worried about this 17 trillion. >> you kno
of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. .aise the debt ceiling. . john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat....
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why all this talk about raising the debt ceiling? i don't have the luxury of reason mike debt ceiling so we have to cut back on our spending. why no talk about cutting back on spending he e we have a president who said it was immoral on principle to raise the debt ceiling. that is after $6 trillion of added debt. that is all he talks about. i just do not understand why no cutting back on spending. pages one to continue to spend. like the gentleman from california said, we are heading to a major test the something is not done. front page of "cq weekly" talks about the debt deadline -- just to read you a little bit of that article in this week's "cq weekly" -- anthony is on the republican line. i am wondering if mandatory spending is the same as the law that was passed in years ago which any federal agency that provides funds has to spend their entire funds for the year to receive the 10% the following year. is that what the republicans in congress are trying to cut back on so this debt is not floated out of the water, which i feel tha
why all this talk about raising the debt ceiling? i don't have the luxury of reason mike debt ceiling so we have to cut back on our spending. why no talk about cutting back on spending he e we have a president who said it was immoral on principle to raise the debt ceiling. that is after $6 trillion of added debt. that is all he talks about. i just do not understand why no cutting back on spending. pages one to continue to spend. like the gentleman from california said, we are heading to a major...
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41% saying it would be worse to raise the debt ceiling and increase spending. i look at that, and to me that is an effective massive disinformation campaign. >> absolutely. and when i hear these people, who are not economists and certainly not god, and economists aren't perfect. we're not perfect at forecasting, but i'm not sure what tools they are using -- >> it's accounting. >> exactly, exactly. bondholders can smell blood. we know this from 1992. we know this from the fall of the european exchange rate mechanism. we know it from the eurozone crisis. bondholders can smell blood. now the question is not just your ability to pay, which is sometimes a short-term cash flow crisis, it's your willingness to pay. so when you are not willing to pay, certainly, you know, bond markets know this. so we saw this in russia, we saw it in argentina, and you may not have the ability to fund things in the future. so if you just pay these -- some bills and not others, so bondholders will say, well, you can pay us, but what about in the future? you may not be credit worthy in t
41% saying it would be worse to raise the debt ceiling and increase spending. i look at that, and to me that is an effective massive disinformation campaign. >> absolutely. and when i hear these people, who are not economists and certainly not god, and economists aren't perfect. we're not perfect at forecasting, but i'm not sure what tools they are using -- >> it's accounting. >> exactly, exactly. bondholders can smell blood. we know this from 1992. we know this from the fall...
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ok, we will vote to raise the debt ceiling. anypeople did not like raising of the debt ceiling. we promised we would not spend so much. we promised we would reduce and a lot.1 trillion of synnex said, -- a lot of cynics said congress would not adhere to that. that is exactly what the president did in january of 2012. anothersed to spend trillion dollars above the amount of money we agreed to spend six months before. i did not really want to sign that agreement. i have taxes i want to increase. this is what is occurring. we have got to stand firm. adhere, at least, to the containment of the growth of spending that was in the budget control act. failure to do that is a in our promises to the american people, a total abandonment of any contention that we would be fiscally responsible. it is unthinkable that we would abandon the limits. the truth is, the sad truth is the budget control act reductions in the growth of spending do not come close to putting us on a firm financial footing. we are on an unsustainable debt course as our cbo has told us. we are seeing a reduction in the de
ok, we will vote to raise the debt ceiling. anypeople did not like raising of the debt ceiling. we promised we would not spend so much. we promised we would reduce and a lot.1 trillion of synnex said, -- a lot of cynics said congress would not adhere to that. that is exactly what the president did in january of 2012. anothersed to spend trillion dollars above the amount of money we agreed to spend six months before. i did not really want to sign that agreement. i have taxes i want to increase....
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the borrowing and the continuous raising of the debt ceiling. why don't these politicians just put up a bill to eliminate the debt ceiling, what is the purpose of having a debt ceiling if we raise it every time we get to it as nobody wants to vote to eliminate the debt ceiling because they want to pretend they care about the debt but everyone wants and increase. if you want to look at the markets if the markets are selling off on the false crisis that we might not increase the debt ceiling, there is opportunities because we now they're going to increase the debt ceiling but ultimately, the biggest crisis does not come because we failed to raise the debt ceiling but because we do raise it and we repeatedly raise it and that is why the country is rogue. >> there is some talk about getting rid of the debt limit. even if the president were to use the 14th amendment solution as speaker nancy pelosi has suggested he do. that would by default get rid of the debt limit. about a month ago a baby panda was born at the national zoo. we are in these critica
the borrowing and the continuous raising of the debt ceiling. why don't these politicians just put up a bill to eliminate the debt ceiling, what is the purpose of having a debt ceiling if we raise it every time we get to it as nobody wants to vote to eliminate the debt ceiling because they want to pretend they care about the debt but everyone wants and increase. if you want to look at the markets if the markets are selling off on the false crisis that we might not increase the debt ceiling,...
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ceiling is raised. it is hashed hard to see how there's any movement at this time. perhaps around october 17th they'll try to get to something where all sides look okay and boehner can bring back to the conference. where we stand right now, it's still very much we will not negotiate until the two things are met. >> mark, let's bring in the news of the day which was reported exclusively by andrea mitchell. i woke up with her on the "today" show this morning reporting about families who are not receiving death benefits after loved ones have been killed protecting this country. it is precisely as andrea accurately pointed out, we think that kind of heat cannot be withstood in washington. >> it's one of impacts of the shutdown. in a lot of ways that's been lost and now we're in day eight of the shutdown. a lot of the inside washington conversation has started to turn to the debt limit and debt ceiling. and deservedly so given the stakes involved. these type of stories and things that people rely on for the
ceiling is raised. it is hashed hard to see how there's any movement at this time. perhaps around october 17th they'll try to get to something where all sides look okay and boehner can bring back to the conference. where we stand right now, it's still very much we will not negotiate until the two things are met. >> mark, let's bring in the news of the day which was reported exclusively by andrea mitchell. i woke up with her on the "today" show this morning reporting about...
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there is a reason that debt ceiling raised with congress. that is a reason they have to start using the president's language and site we have to have a baland approach. if you want the debt ceiling raised come at some point we're going to have to address spending cuts. this is as good a time as any. i don't think they should go all in, draw a line in the sand and shut the government down because the public doesn't know a heck of a lot about this. they could be the recipient of the blame for this. gerri: use a dollar for dollar doesn't work. >> it will not stop the debt from growing as a percent of gdp because the gap is too large. >> i'm not saying it will balance the budget. we have to start the conversation, this is a good place to start making inroads. that is when republicans really have to draw the line in the sand. gerri: you were saying, which i thought was interesting, somewhat at odds with the conservative pundits that has to be some negotiation, give or take on both sides. >> what i said was any increase in taxes on income that wou
there is a reason that debt ceiling raised with congress. that is a reason they have to start using the president's language and site we have to have a baland approach. if you want the debt ceiling raised come at some point we're going to have to address spending cuts. this is as good a time as any. i don't think they should go all in, draw a line in the sand and shut the government down because the public doesn't know a heck of a lot about this. they could be the recipient of the blame for...
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i'm not going to raise the debt ceiling. then you went on to say i think personally it would bring stability to the world markets if the debt ceiling were not raised. i want you to first of all tell us if those quotes were accurate and what you meant. >> yeah. those quotes are accurate. i appreciate you having me on, wolf. not raising the debt ceiling does not automatically trigger a default. what i meant by that article there was, you know, i feel like groundhog day, it's kind of like the debate between jimmy carter and ronald reagan. there you go again. we are doing the same things we've done the last 15 years. we have raised the debt ceiling 14 times since 2001 and if that was the answer, we wouldn't be here today. what i meant by that statement was this. if we as a nation, as legislators, address this condition of overspending and if we address that and we say to the rest of the world, to our financial markets, to the rest of the world market, say listen, we've got a spending problem, we realize it, we get it, we're goin
i'm not going to raise the debt ceiling. then you went on to say i think personally it would bring stability to the world markets if the debt ceiling were not raised. i want you to first of all tell us if those quotes were accurate and what you meant. >> yeah. those quotes are accurate. i appreciate you having me on, wolf. not raising the debt ceiling does not automatically trigger a default. what i meant by that article there was, you know, i feel like groundhog day, it's kind of like...
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their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. now, the coch brothers funded the mirnes for prosperity group. they want the government shutdown. they do not want to raise the debt ceiling. they want none of that. so, for them, it is not particularly about obama care. it's not really about obama care for them. but they are definitely willing to hit the debt ceiling for all the other stuff they want. at least they have stayed the same. they're funded by the coch brothers. they've been funding basically all of the groups that have been demanding a government shutdown. they funded heritage action, afp, all the tea party groups. shut down the government, right? shut down the government, it's all about obama care. they've spent over $2 hundred million in a year. on thes
their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. now, the coch brothers funded the mirnes for prosperity group. they want the government shutdown. they do not want to raise the debt ceiling. they want none of that. so, for...
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the debt ceiling. >> i believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. every american owes $52,000 in terms of their share of the national debt. we've raised the debt ceiling last august. we went through $2.1 trillion in 17 months. the size of the debt in 2013, by 2037 will be twice the size of the economy. i want to raise the debt ceiling, but i will not do it without a plan to get out of debt. senator durbin has done some hard work with the republicans on entitlement reform. if you raise the debt ceiling by a dollar, you should cut spending by a dollar. that's the way to go forward. we need a budget. our democratic friends haven't passed a budget in three years contrary to the law of the land and why raise money and spend it if you don't have a budget. a dollar for dollar offset and a budget i think are two conditions to raising the debt ceiling. >> you would not raise it unless you've got cuts certain in spending. you will not raise the debt ceiling. >> i'm not going to borrow trillions more dollars
the debt ceiling. >> i believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. every american owes $52,000 in terms of their share of the national debt. we've raised the debt ceiling last august. we went through $2.1 trillion in 17 months. the size of the debt in 2013, by 2037 will be twice the size of the economy. i want to raise the debt ceiling, but i will not do it without a plan to get out of debt. senator...
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nation's debt ceiling, is there another way to either raise the debt ceiling or keep paying the nation's bills? back in 2011, the former president bill clinton suggested the 14th amendment to the constitution potentially could be used to avoid a government default and here is why. part of the amendment says this. i'm quoting. the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. back in 2011, the white house rejected the idea of using that 14th amendment to take action on its own, but this time, it doesn't appear -- maybe not completely to be ruling it out, although some officials say the president has no intention of doing so. some members of the senate, including the senate finance committee chairman, max balkas sa needs to be taken into koorgs. jeffrey toobin, what do you say is in the 14th amendment could it in an emergency be used by the president to zi go aheraise financial obligations without a formal vote in the senate or the house? >> wolf, this is one of the paradoxes of the constitution. article one of the constitution very clearly says it's up to congress to borrow mo
nation's debt ceiling, is there another way to either raise the debt ceiling or keep paying the nation's bills? back in 2011, the former president bill clinton suggested the 14th amendment to the constitution potentially could be used to avoid a government default and here is why. part of the amendment says this. i'm quoting. the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. back in 2011, the white house rejected the idea of using that 14th amendment to take action on its own, but...
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stands ready, ready to work with our colleagues to raise the debt ceiling and get our economic house in order. i yield back. mr. jeffries: i thank the distinguished gentlewoman for her remarks. we are going to invite now the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who has joined us today to share her remarks and observations as to this debt ceiling crisis that we are confronting right now. i yield to congresswoman jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman for his courtesies and look at this in a somewhat unique fashion to speak to the pending crisis and to join with my colleagues and particularly in following the chairwoman, congresswoman fudge, and thanking her for setting the tone of the interests of the congressional black caucus to be collaborative and to be problem solvers. let me thank the distinguished gentleman from new york in his timeliness in bringing us to the floor and the gentleman from from nevada in speaking to the american people and certainly to our colleagues. i do want to offer to my colleagues a leg
stands ready, ready to work with our colleagues to raise the debt ceiling and get our economic house in order. i yield back. mr. jeffries: i thank the distinguished gentlewoman for her remarks. we are going to invite now the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who has joined us today to share her remarks and observations as to this debt ceiling crisis that we are confronting right now. i yield to congresswoman jackson lee. ms. jackson lee:...
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president obama has said he will not negotiate with republicans over raising the debt ceiling. and yet they say that he's going to have to and they're going to make commands on him if he wants to raise it. are liberals going to say that obama is caving way too soon? >> he's already caved. already by allowing this to go to another day, that was a cave-in. we've heard him say how many times he won't negotiate with republicans. i love this idea. and i think you know, people are saying it is crazy but the other side what they're going to do is very, very crazy. but the president doesn't like to do things like this. and i can't see him actually doing it. >> john: going big? >> i can't see it happening. >> john: let's move on to another fight the president is about to face, the nomination of chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska, for secretary of defense. rick, what makes chuck hagel harder to get confirmed? his anti-gay comments from 15 years ago his reference to the jewish lobby or the fact that obama likes him for the gig? >> probably the last. because this is all ab
president obama has said he will not negotiate with republicans over raising the debt ceiling. and yet they say that he's going to have to and they're going to make commands on him if he wants to raise it. are liberals going to say that obama is caving way too soon? >> he's already caved. already by allowing this to go to another day, that was a cave-in. we've heard him say how many times he won't negotiate with republicans. i love this idea. and i think you know, people are saying it is...
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let's raise the debt ceiling and have the fight over the shut down. that raised the debt ceiling. they send the letters to house republicans and saying abortion should be part of any deal. they are so divided on what they want here. >> the question i have is it feels like john boehner and eric kantor had the problem since the start. there four dozen republicans who believe on first principal that obama care is bad law and bad for the country and the economy. it's all tied in. how do you convince those folks to let's say vote for a clean debt ceiling bill. is that possible or do you expect if there is a short-term deal that it will be something attached as a souvenir? >> one of the biggest ironies is i don't think whatever yawn boehner and eric kantor will flee the 40 to 50 house conservatives and this is why people like john mccain are there and the gallup poll shows the republican party is at an all time low, lower than in the clinton impeachment. this is difficult for the republicans. >> i'm glad you mentioned those numbers. it's such a division and we have seen the republicans.
let's raise the debt ceiling and have the fight over the shut down. that raised the debt ceiling. they send the letters to house republicans and saying abortion should be part of any deal. they are so divided on what they want here. >> the question i have is it feels like john boehner and eric kantor had the problem since the start. there four dozen republicans who believe on first principal that obama care is bad law and bad for the country and the economy. it's all tied in. how do you...
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of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. mostgree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get health care. >> what should we cut? price social security cards and not sure what else you can get. >> a great deal on the military, medical care. john: that should be cut? >> that's a hard question. john: you can't answer it. >> absolutely not. john: a few people have suggestions with tells me in the san the the point of all those democrats to say just raise the debt ceiling. one of those is the rilliant bob beckel. brilliant because you fight with people every day and often win all by yourself, but you are not worried about this 17 trillion. >> you know, i liked you a lot. every time i hear you ta
of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. mostgree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get...
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the debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling, which congress has to do periodically, gives the government the ability to pay its existing bills. it does not create new deficits. it does not create new spending. so not raising the debt ceiling is sort of like a family which is trying to improve its credit ratings and i know how we can save money, we will not pay our credit card bills. not the most effective way to improve your credit rating. it was a very slow solution to the debt ceiling in august of 2011 that got the u.s. downgraded last time. so it's very important. all these issues are important, but it's very, very important that congress take necessary action to raise the debt ceiling to avoid a situation where our government does not pay its bills. >> a number of people have expressed concern about how much of the challenges actually were addressed in the deal. it went part of the way, as you mentioned. but it leaves a number of issues still on the table and traditional negotiations are looming. would you characterize that as an additional cliff that is facing us? or do you think it
the debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling, which congress has to do periodically, gives the government the ability to pay its existing bills. it does not create new deficits. it does not create new spending. so not raising the debt ceiling is sort of like a family which is trying to improve its credit ratings and i know how we can save money, we will not pay our credit card bills. not the most effective way to improve your credit rating. it was a very slow solution to the debt ceiling in...
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does not vote to raise the debt ceiling. it's not just a question of prioritizing with the money still coming in. it will have an effect of the social security checks and interest rates on consumers. the president sounding the alarmed time analarmtime and ti. the president has said time-and-time again he has enough votes. >> there have enough votes to support a clean spending bill. are the votes still there? >> he is probably right, tony. i have to tell you after years of covering the house of representatives, when push comes to shove you don't know how far they will go. you can expect the fast majority of rum republicans will stay wih the conservative base and the speaker himself is staying with the conservative base and voting with the government the middle of the road the mo moderate republicans which way will they go when push comes to shove. many have come out saying they would vote for a such a thing and possibly pushing them over the threshold. >> libby casey has been in washington all morning. what is happening on th
does not vote to raise the debt ceiling. it's not just a question of prioritizing with the money still coming in. it will have an effect of the social security checks and interest rates on consumers. the president sounding the alarmed time analarmtime and ti. the president has said time-and-time again he has enough votes. >> there have enough votes to support a clean spending bill. are the votes still there? >> he is probably right, tony. i have to tell you after years of covering...
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he called on congress to raise the debt ceiling in the release of u.s. can pay its bills. he spoke at the gerald ford school of public policy. >> thank you very much. it is also my great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. on behalf of the gerald r. ford school of public policy, the university of michigan is extremely honored to welcome the hon. ben bernanke, chairman of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. today's conversation is the latest in our series of distinguished lectures, policy talks at the fort school. we're so pleased that region white can introduce to the events and we're also very president marye sue: here today as well as -- we also have several of the university's executive officers and beans. i would like to welcome all of them and thank them for joining us today. it is an honor and truly personal pleasure to introduce our next guest. the fed's charges to provide a healthy economy. this is a complex and critically important mission and it makes the person at its helm one of if not the most important the policy makers worldwide. cha
he called on congress to raise the debt ceiling in the release of u.s. can pay its bills. he spoke at the gerald ford school of public policy. >> thank you very much. it is also my great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. on behalf of the gerald r. ford school of public policy, the university of michigan is extremely honored to welcome the hon. ben bernanke, chairman of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. today's conversation is the latest in our series of...
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what she's saying is if the president doesn't -- if the president raises the debt ceiling under the 14th amendment, he should be impeached. if the president does nothing, he should be impeached. so in sarah palin's mind, he should be impeached. that is not an unusual or out of the line characteristic that you're seeing from the far right wing of the tea party. this is completely in line with what they're thinking. boy the way, if the president does -- if we do default, which i don't think we do. boehner has decided to bring this bill to the floor, he's going to pass it. we're going to get through this. but we're going to also set this up for the same thing in january. january 15th. and if we get to that point and he has not -- we are back at the same situation, they're going to talk about impeachment once again. i promise you it's going to happen. they have nothing left. >> talking about the gop, we're just getting note that gop senators will be meeting at 11:00 a.m. eastern, that's in about 30 minutes. they hope to have some sort of announcement by noon. also, we are watching the house
what she's saying is if the president doesn't -- if the president raises the debt ceiling under the 14th amendment, he should be impeached. if the president does nothing, he should be impeached. so in sarah palin's mind, he should be impeached. that is not an unusual or out of the line characteristic that you're seeing from the far right wing of the tea party. this is completely in line with what they're thinking. boy the way, if the president does -- if we do default, which i don't think we...
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of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get health care. >> what should we cut? price social security cards and not sure what else you can get. >> a great deal on the military, medical care. john: that should be cut?? >> that's a hard question. john: you can't answer it. >> absolutely not. john: a few people have suggestions with tells me in the san the the point of all those democrats to say just raise the debt ceiling. one of those is the rilliant bob beckel. brilliant because you fight with people every day and often win all by yourself, but you are not worried about this 17 trillion. >> you know, i liked you a lot. every time i hear you
of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get...
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we should raise the debt ceiling until february 7. and that the negotiators should otheriate on thiate negotiate oe budget, and report back to on december 13. there was no mention of defunding the affordable care act or rolling it back or stopping the date of enablement. a lot of this debate, increases, has been built around the republican party, trying to achieve through the budget process, what they could not achieve at ballot box. now we're returning to regular order, that is a good thing. charles: a lot of people argue that the republicans mishandled this, perhaps they are looking at ha happened in last week, figuring maybe, they obama carry stuff will self different trachon--self destruction on it. so does a teal look like a continuation of sequestration, continued regular, higher debt ceiling and obamacare lives, is that what we're talking about? >> raising debt ceiling, continuing the government, and returning to regular order. having a budget process move forward. that is a positive. >>> a positive, let's talk about it, you us
we should raise the debt ceiling until february 7. and that the negotiators should otheriate on thiate negotiate oe budget, and report back to on december 13. there was no mention of defunding the affordable care act or rolling it back or stopping the date of enablement. a lot of this debate, increases, has been built around the republican party, trying to achieve through the budget process, what they could not achieve at ballot box. now we're returning to regular order, that is a good thing....
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to congress to raise the debt ceiling. there have been a lot of fights. don't go away, guys. remember when washington united to prevent financial catastrophe? >> there is a spirit of cooperation with democrats and republicans and congress and this administration. >> imagine that? that was the good old days. i'll show you exactly how a debt ceiling disaster could change your life. that's next. this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the it card, so we won't hike up your apr for paying late. that's great! it is great! thank you. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with late payment forgiveness. wout of landfills each year? plastic waste to cover mt. rainier by using one less trash bag each month, we can. and glad forceflex bags stretch until they're full.* so you can take them out less often. we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting networks. then, we were protecting the transfer of data. and today it's evolved to infrastructure... ♪
to congress to raise the debt ceiling. there have been a lot of fights. don't go away, guys. remember when washington united to prevent financial catastrophe? >> there is a spirit of cooperation with democrats and republicans and congress and this administration. >> imagine that? that was the good old days. i'll show you exactly how a debt ceiling disaster could change your life. that's next. this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the it card, so we won't hike up...
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we're gonna raise it most likely, the debt ceiling. we'll probably see a lot of discussion from the rating agencies with our ability to pay on that. and as a result of it, and what it comes back to our wallet, is that is also going to be inflationary because of our credit rating drops, that means we're going to have to go out and actually pay more money on the interest because there is going to be greater risk on our bonds, which means there will be less money in the economy and we'll see a ripple effect. bottom line, hyper inflation maybe, but definitely rising prices, less money in our pockets. >> okay. i think we're trying to -- starting to get it back to where i wanted to get with you, which is talk more about what this is going to mean for the average person at home and when we talk about credit ratings and credit histories, we all have our own credit ratings that we have to worry about that we try to maintain a good credit history and a good standing with potential lenders out there. so what does it mean, if i pay all of my bills
we're gonna raise it most likely, the debt ceiling. we'll probably see a lot of discussion from the rating agencies with our ability to pay on that. and as a result of it, and what it comes back to our wallet, is that is also going to be inflationary because of our credit rating drops, that means we're going to have to go out and actually pay more money on the interest because there is going to be greater risk on our bonds, which means there will be less money in the economy and we'll see a...
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they used to be all about raising the debt ceiling, but their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. that was how their message changed this week. now, the coch brothers funded the americans for prosperity group. they want the government shut down. they do not want to raise the debt ceiling. they want none of that. so, for them, it is not particularly about obama care. it's not really about obama care for them. but they are definitely willing to hit the debt ceiling for all the other stuff they want. at least they have stayed the same. they're funded by the coch brothers. they've been funding basically all of the groups that have been demanding a government shutdown. they've spent over $2 hundred million in a year. on these groups that have been pushing for a government shutdown over obama care. but this wee
they used to be all about raising the debt ceiling, but their message has been do not raise the debt ceiling. this week though, the club for growth also announced look away if republicans do decide to raise the debt ceiling, so it's still not about obama care, but now, their new message, we want lots of nonobama care related things, but don't hit the debt ceiling on our account. that was how their message changed this week. now, the coch brothers funded the americans for prosperity group. they...
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get the debt ceiling raised. never let the government shut down. >> he is saying "i didn't come here to shut the government down and not raise the debt ceiling and have us default. then don't. john boehner, man up. explain the call. not the way we govern. sit down and let the grownups raise the debt ceiling the way they have done uncontroversially. over and over again. >> i'm insisting this is about weakening the presidency. the republicans created the modern imperial presidency under richard nixon. they see ruining the presidency is increasingly difficult. demographics, hispanic vote. positions on immigration, all sorts of things. women's issues, abortion, so forth. they have just decided it is not in republican party's interest to have a strong presidency. we are going to make the presidency as difficult as the it can be? >> yeah, look. this is a sad time to follow politics and also an interesting time. and the thesis you put forth. they lost the popular vote in five of six elections for president. they know th
get the debt ceiling raised. never let the government shut down. >> he is saying "i didn't come here to shut the government down and not raise the debt ceiling and have us default. then don't. john boehner, man up. explain the call. not the way we govern. sit down and let the grownups raise the debt ceiling the way they have done uncontroversially. over and over again. >> i'm insisting this is about weakening the presidency. the republicans created the modern imperial...
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it's a good thing that they would raise the debt ceiling. and i want to applaud them for agreeing to do that. but i don't think the debt ceiling should be raised without coupling it with a similar bill that would open up the government so employees could go back to work. >> and finally, congressman jim moran of virginia here with us tonight. finally, would you vote if they open up the government in the shutdown, would you go along with the six-week extension of the debt limit? >> yes, i would. yeah. i don't want to do that. i think it should be at least a year. >> okay. >> but, you know, you have to compromise. let's just at least keep moving forward. if we stop in our tracks, you know, there is going to be chaos. and we can't allow that to happen. just too many people that would be hurt by a debt ceiling default. >> direct question, direct answer. thanks, congressman. i appreciate it so much. jim moran with us tonight on "the ed show." >>> up next, cattle prod? we'll explain how a perfect storm of politics and nature are making the breadbas
it's a good thing that they would raise the debt ceiling. and i want to applaud them for agreeing to do that. but i don't think the debt ceiling should be raised without coupling it with a similar bill that would open up the government so employees could go back to work. >> and finally, congressman jim moran of virginia here with us tonight. finally, would you vote if they open up the government in the shutdown, would you go along with the six-week extension of the debt limit? >>...